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 The next day, Eileen attacked again.

    The battle lasted for a long time.

    There wasn’t anyone other than Christian and me to fight Eileen and all four of her friends.

    I had to keep track of Eileen and two wizards.

    I was aware that Christian was also fighting.

    I could tell he was doing a good job.

    Every time one of our attackers tried to cast a spell or use a potion or any kind of magic, I had to act quickly to stop them, since I didn’t have any magic to fight them with.

    Every time, I panicked a little on the inside but I didn’t show it because I had so much training.

    I flipped Eileen.

    Eileen tried to use electricity from her hands.

    I dodged by getting out of the way.

    Eileen tried many times.

    I kept dodging.

    Christian was still using his magic against the two witches.

    I was worried about him, but I knew he was strong and he had just as much of a chance of getting out of this as I did.

    The two wizards tried to restrain me so Eileen could electrocute me.

    I kicked them both and got away from them.

    I dodged Eileen’s electricity.

    The wizards weren’t as good with martial arts, but they had magic.

    I had to dodge it too.

    Eileen tried to electrocute me many times.

    I dodged her every time.

    Whenever the wizards attacked me, I fought them.

    Christian fought the two witches.They tried to cast spells on each other.

    I was bleeding and bruised, but Eileen’s friends looked worse.

    We must have fought for half an hour.

    Christian and I managed to beat our enemies.

    We injured the wizards badly and they couldn’t fight.

    Christian used a potion to take away the magic from one of the witches.

    Then, they retreated.

    Christian and I were badly injured. We helped each other with our wounds.

    This was the third time in ten days I was attacked. I had been through more than Christian because of more fights with the ghouls. Eileen was mean to me. My parents got divorced. Mom disappeared and I had to look for her. All of that stressed me out. Having to dodge magic was stressful too. I missed Mom. I was worried about her. 

    I thought of all the bad things that had happened and how they made me feel. I was worried about Mom. I was scared we would die. I was worried about Christian. I was scared every time someone attacked me with violence or magic. I was sad my parents got a divorce. I was disappointed and uncomfortable at first that I couldn’t have a good relationship with Eileen. I was horrified that she was responsible for my parents’ divorce and sending Mom away. There was stress from the attacks.

    I collapsed and cried.

    I felt like I was surrounded by bad things.

    Christian held me, but I continued to cry for several minutes.

    I needed to release all of my negative feelings.